{"id":9574,"date":"2018-11-23T19:05:41","date_gmt":"2018-11-23T19:05:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/?p=9574"},"modified":"2018-11-23T19:05:41","modified_gmt":"2018-11-23T19:05:41","slug":"9574","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/2018\/11\/23\/9574\/","title":{"rendered":"Fishing Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_7359\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7359\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7359\" src=\"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/PicaboLogo_fini-300x185.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"185\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7359\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hwy 20 in Picabo<br \/>info@picaboangler.com<br \/>(208)788.3536<br \/>www.picaboangler.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Winter is coming. The weather forecast for the end of this week ushers in colder daytime temperatures and likely some snow. Anglers will need to adjust their tactics accordingly. No matter where you fish, concentrate angling efforts during the warmest parts of the day, and look for fish in typical winter holding lines\u2014soft current seams, slow deep pools, and calm tailouts.<br \/>\nSilver Creek south of Highway 20 remains open until the end of November. North of the highway, the Creek remains open until the end of February. Note: duck hunters are active on Silver Creek this time of year, so anglers should be aware.<br \/>\nThe Creek\u2019s large brown trout have completed spawning and are actively feeding to \u201cpack on the pounds\u201d before winter. Dry-fly activity is limited to the late afternoon, but anglers should expect small Baetis (BWO) and midges during calm days. Throwing streamers to deep, dark water and undercut banks will take plenty of fish. The old adage of \u201cbright day, bright fly, and dark day, dark fly\u201d seems to hold true. Don\u2019t be afraid to experiment with your favorite streamers!<br \/>\nAnglers on the Big Wood River should seek out water that sees afternoon sun; avoid shady canyons and tree-lined corridors of river. Baetis and midge activity remains strong given the right weather conditions. A size 18 or 20 Olive Gulper Special or Film Critic accurately imitates Baetis and will fool trout all along the Big Wood. To take fish eating midges (look to the foam lines!), fish a visible midge cluster imitation followed by a trailing midge emerger or adult. A white-winged Griffith\u2019s Gnats in a size 16 or 18, trailed by a size 20 or 22 Tie-Down Midge, is an excellent choice.<br \/>\nNymphing will be extremely productive throughout the winter months. Go-to double nymph rigs include large Rubber Legs, Princes, Hare\u2019s Ears, and Copper Johns followed by more diminutive imitations such as black or red Zebra Midges, Pheasant Tails, Rainbow Warriors, or Brassies. Sculpin imitations such as olive Buggers, Zonkers, and Sparkle Minnows fished on a slow swing effectively imitate the numerous sculpin found in the Big Wood. This technique will yield quality over quantity, and produces some exceptional rainbows.<\/p>\n<p><em>Happy Holidays and happy fishing, everyone!\u2028<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Winter is coming. The weather forecast for the end of this week ushers in colder daytime temperatures and likely some snow. Anglers will need to adjust their tactics accordingly. No matter where you fish, concentrate angling efforts during the warmest parts of the day, and look for fish in typical winter holding lines\u2014soft current seams, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7505,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","_pvb_checkbox_block_on_post":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[77,38,39],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-9574","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fishing","8":"category-sponsored","9":"category-sport"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9574","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9574"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9574\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7505"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}